Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index.
Contents:
Part 1. Poverty, education, and the need for systems of support: Why integrated student supports? -- Integrated student support communities: models of progress -- Part 2. Integrated student support strategies: Personalizing support to meet every child's needs -- Harnessing the power of the faith community -- Integrated student supports in rural communities -- Empowering parents to improve student well-being -- Using promise scholarships to create community-wide integrated student supports -- Empowering mayors to create citywide supports: the by all means consortium -- Advancing college and career readiness through integrated student supports -- Part 3. The path forward: Community schools: a promising model for building a movement -- Financing integrated student supports at scale -- Bringing it together: moving integrated student supports into the mainstream.
Summary:
With poverty and inequality on the rise and large achievement gaps remaining despite decades of school reform, Weiss and Reville make the case for a large-scale expansion of community-school partnerships in order to provide integrated student supports (ISS) from cradle to careers.-- Provided by publisher. "In Broader, Bolder, Better, authors Elaine Weiss, of the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education campaign, and Paul Reville, former Massachusetts secretary of education, make a compelling case for a fundamental change in the way we view education. The authors argue for a large-scale expansion of community-school partnerships in order to provide holistic, integrated student supports (ISS) from cradle to career, including traditional wraparound services like health, mental health, nutrition, and family supports, as well as expanded access to opportunities such as early childhood education, afterschool activities, and summer enrichment programs. The book builds on nearly a decade of research by the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, a national initiative endorsed by more than sixty policy experts and leaders from across the country, and draws on the work of Harvard's Education Redesign Lab. It pulls from case studies of effective ISS efforts in twelve diverse communities to illustrate the variety of strategies that can be adopted locally. A call to action that also provides examples of communities that are successfully leveling the playing field for poor children, this book offers a detailed vision for building--through field work, mobilization, and financing--comprehensive systems to prepare all children for success." -- Publisher's description
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